Awesome Sunglasses

Don’t play golf like Tiger Woods or Jack Nicklaus? At least look like a pro in Knockaround, the Official Eyewear of the PGA Tour and PGA Tour Champions. The San Diego company’s golf sunglasses line blends durability and design for practical and affordable eyewear that don’t compromise on performance.

These limited-run sunglasses from Shwood’s CAMP collection honor U.S. National Parks: Yellowstone, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Grand Teton, and Great Smoky Mountains. They have bio-plastic frames, wood accents, polarized, impact-resistant lenses, and a mini sleeping bag pouch. 5% of sales go to local non-profits to help preserve our parks.

Tommy Owens makes these classically shaped sunglasses with a modern twist. Their outer layers are made from natural hardwood with a layer of durable carbon fiber sandwiched in the center. For added flair, they have a Vans-inspired checkerboard pattern on the ends of their temples. Available in zebrawood or ebony.

Uncrate and DC Comics teamed up with some of the best clothing and accessory brands to create the Wayne Enterprises collection. They feature subtle branding in the form of Bruce Wayne’s company’s logo and emphasize style and class over vengeance. Standouts include a leather folder, a brass and leather punching bag, and translucent gray sunglasses.

Meister X2 sunglasses offer a modern spin on Aviator-style sunglasses with their single-lens design. They look especially sweet in this ORBR II special edition, rocking mirrored blue polarized lenses and striped temples, inspired by Oracle Red Bull Racing’s team colors.

An instant classic, Kaenon’s high-clarity Rockaway sunglasses feature a lightweight frame in three mod colorways. Handcrafted in Japan, their SR-91 lenses rival the clarity of glass and are more scratch and impact resistant than glass or polycarbonate. Recessed nose pads discreetly keep the Rockaway in place.

Hate when people look over your shoulder to see what’s on your screen? While there are privacy filters that can reduce the viewing angle of displays, Hugh Jefferys’ mod prevents others from seeing an iPad Mini’s screen, and only someone wearing polarized glasses can view its contents. It’s a neat idea but a daunting task.

All polarized sunglasses are not created equal. Kaenon Essentials’ handcrafted sunnies are clearer, lighter, stronger, and extremely hard to scratch, thanks to their resin-based lenses from a 150-year-old Japanese optics factory. Style standouts include Avalon, Arroyo, and Venice, each in 8+ cool frame and lens color combos.

Sunlight is proven to boost your mood. Now sunglasses can make you happier, too. Twelve styles of SPY+ eyewear feature Happy Boost, an innovation that enhances color without dulling the white balance. It’s the first therapeutic lens tech to let long-wave blue light through while blocking detrimental short-wave blue and UV rays.

Timberland’s Earthkeepers eyewear collection introduces frames that integrate bio-based materials made from renewable castor oil instead of petroleum-based plastics. Temple detailing is inspired by Timberland’s original yellow boot, and sunglasses are polarized with an anti-reflective coating on select styles.

More than basic sunglasses, Helm Tech by SPY+ is an active multitasker. Its Happy Lens tech is designed to boost mood, alertness, color, and contrast, with polycarbonate lenses that follow the curvature of the eye to reduce eyestrain and distortion. Removable side shields and 100% UV protection block out the sun.

Go big and bright or go home. Monolith 50/50 sunglasses by Spy+ Optic deliver bold style in a rainbow of colors. The large, polycarbonate single lens is curved for distortion-free panoramas, while Happy™ lens tech scientifically boosts mood. 100% UV protection reduces sun damage and the frame’s ventilation system reduces fog.

Ombraz solves the biggest gripes about sunglasses: slipping off and breaking. Instead of sidearms, Ombraz uses an adjustable nylon cord that doubles as a lanyard. The lightweight frames have no hinges to bust, and German-engineered optics offer UVA/UVB protection. For every sale, Ombraz plants 20 mangrove trees.

These may look like ordinary sunglasses, but their temples pack tiny speakers, a battery, and a microphone, so they double as headphones. They feature polarized lenses with UVA/UVB protection and offer up to 5 hours of talk and music time via a Bluetooth wireless connection.

Rumpl’s softly padded sunglass case borrows its looks from the brand’s puffy indoor/outdoor blankets. It keeps your glasses scratch-free and has a DWR finish to resist stains and water. It also fits many phones and has a hidden zipper pocket for storing credit cards or your house key.

We like prescription sunglasses that automatically change from light to dark depending on the amount of sunlight. But this parody commercial from John Milhiser shows us just how wrong things could go if they put the same technology into contact lenses.